Magazine
Cover Story
June 2026
Save Yourself
With few traditional plan levers left to pull, employers and their brokers are forging individual paths to reduce healthcare costs.
Features
Employee Benefits Reach Inflection Point
AI modernizing plan design and administration, healthcare point solutions, and next-gen benefit design to reduce spend—it's an experimental environment in employer-sponsored insurance.
Medicare Advantage Sicker Than Expected
Medicare Advantage was booming a few years ago, but higher than expected claim severity and lower government payouts are driving carriers out of markets, leaving insureds to scramble.
Don't Overthink It
Author Daniel Pink says sometimes action is better than analysis in figuring out what to do next in life.
Thought Leaders
Vital Signs
Data for Drug Savings
Q&A with Eric Levin, Co-Founder and CEO, Scripta Insights, and Miriam Paramore, ...
How Agencies Grow in the AI Era
Now is the time to reevaluate how organizations ensure client value.
International Country Report
Portugal: A National Market with Strong EU Ties
Insurers that want to do business in the Iberian nation must consider its alignment with European Union markets and regulations.
Taking a Bite out of PBMs
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 is an important but early step to rein in the pharmacy benefit manager industry.
Government Affairs Update
Congress Eyes PBM Referral Payments
New legislation would ban pharmacy benefit manager referral fees to brokers and other intermediaries. It’s the wrong approach.
Benefits Deals Drop but Desire Remains
Against headwinds, employee benefits firms look for growth opportunities even as their potential acquirers seek diamonds in the rough.
More In This Issue
Reader's Edge
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Not Michael Cunningham
Time is an interconnecting and unpredictable thread among lives in the classic <...
A Blueprint for Savings
To cut costs, an Alabama company reevaluated its entire heal...
EdgeWorthy
Don’t Panic
Artificial intelligence is only the latest advancement that will apparently doom insurance brokers. We’re still here.


